With money and food, domestic land conflicts were also improved. The next step was to repair the Yellow River, dig canals, promote education, and develop the textile, coal, and steel industries, paving the way for the First Industrial Revolution.
Finally, it is to reform the military step by step.
After all, the external threat was only temporarily eliminated, and no one knew when the Western Xia and Liao would come, so military reform had to be put last.
The first step has already begun.
As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest part. The most frightening thing about planning is not having the right direction.
Now the direction has been adjusted. The most difficult tasks in the early stage are to defeat the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms, complete the official reform, improve the economy, and adjust foreign trade. Bridges and roads have been built. The next step is implementation, and practice will test the truth.
Zhao Jun, the person in charge of planning the direction, is actually not very useful. The rest can be left to Lao Fan and others to execute. Anyway, the methods have been taught to them, and it is impossible for him to do everything by himself.
"I feel bored when I'm idle, but it's also good. Going to court so early every day is very tiring, so it's nice to have a little rest."
Zhao Jun pondered for a moment, then took the soup from his wife and drank it while saying, "Wife, have you ever been to Jiangnan?"
“No.”
Cao Miaoxin shook her head. She grew up in Bianliang and, except for going out of the city for an outing, she had never even left Kaifeng.
Zhao Jun smiled and said, "I just happened to have some free time, let's go on our honeymoon!"
"Where are you going?"
"Let's go to Zhejiang, the scenery there is beautiful."
"good."
Cao Miaoxin said happily: "Wherever my husband goes, I will go."
"Then let's go!"
Zhao Jun does what he says.
He immediately wrote a letter to Zhao Zhen early in the morning, and then sent someone to the Imperial City Office to inform him and ask the guards to get ready. They would set off at noon today.
Now the responsibilities of the Imperial City Bureau have also been raised. It is a dual subordinate agency under the emperor and the Ministry of Political System. It is equivalent to the FBI of the later emperor. The level has been expanded. Cao Xiu, the Imperial City Envoy, is now a second-rank official, on the same level as ordinary departments.
As the scale of the company grew, the affairs became busier, so Cao Xiu rarely appeared around Zhao Jun.
As for Di Qing, he was even more remarkable. Because he charged into battle and made great achievements in the wars against Western Xia and Liao, he was promoted like a rocket.
From the battalion commander who had just gone to the northwest, he was now the commander of the fifth-rank Japanese army and the fourth-rank Tianwu army. Five years ago, he was just a small captain, but now he is a general.
Originally, he wanted to stay in Hebei. Zhang Kang had greater military achievements and was promoted from the governor of a place to the transport commissioner of Hebei Road and the title of the third-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of War. Di Qing wanted to continue working with Zhang Kang, but he could not resist the fact that Liao and Song had already ceased hostilities.
If a war were to break out, it would probably take at least a few years for the Liao Kingdom to recover. Leaving Di Qing in Hebei Road would obviously be a waste of time. It would be better for him to stay in Bianliang to train more soldiers and conduct joint research with the Firearms Department to test the power of new firearms.
Therefore, the two capable subordinates Jiang Dalang and Huang Sanlang are actually following Zhao Jun at the moment.
Once everything is arranged, set off immediately.
Even Zhao Zhen did not expect Zhao Jun to make a decision so quickly. He got up early in the morning and said that he wanted to take his wife on a honeymoon, and left at noon. He originally wanted to invite the couple to the palace for lunch at noon.
As a result, he received the news that his eldest grandson was going to Jiangnan for his honeymoon in the blink of an eye, which caught him off guard.
However, Zhao Jun was indeed very busy during this period. He was responsible for guiding the overall national planning direction and setting up all the rules and regulations. He was often very busy, so it would be good for him to relax. Therefore, he was not asked to come back and was left alone.
Zhao Jun set out at noon without many people with him. Just like his last tour, he hired three large ships at the dock, took two battalions of guards from the Imperial City Division, and set off, heading south along the canal.
This time we were traveling for our honeymoon, so we didn’t stay anywhere and went directly to our destination. It only took us about thirty days to reach Hangzhou.
It was late summer in June, and the scenery in Hangzhou was pleasant, especially the West Lake.
It happened to have rained recently, and just after the rain, the towering trees along the lakeside path were lush and green, with a few drops of water occasionally falling from the branches, splashing on the bluestone slabs with barely perceptible splashes.
There are rows of houses next to it, including teahouses, wine shops, shoe shops, butcher shops, bookstores... Flags advertising the shops are hung on the doorways to attract business. Pedestrians of all kinds are shoulder to shoulder and the flow of people is endless. Compared with the prosperity of the inner city of Bianjing, it is not inferior.
Zhao Jun and his wife were boating on the lake, enjoying the beautiful scenery. He had come to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for his honeymoon and to inspect trade with Korea and Japan.
Because he had opened state-owned enterprises, he was still very concerned about whether he could quickly allow a large amount of silver to flow into Japan. Therefore, he encouraged merchants in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions to go to Japan. Anyone who was willing to go to sea could often enjoy certain tax exemptions.
At once, followers gathered.
If businessmen go overseas, they will definitely hire a large number of people, which can also solve many employment problems.
In the future, with frequent trade between the Iwami region of Japan and the Song Dynasty, there will definitely be corresponding development there. A large number of Japanese people will flow into Iwami, including miners and porters, as well as merchants who open taverns, brothels and trade goods with the Song people.
Although the Song Dynasty did not station troops on Tsushima Island, it allowed private merchants to bring large quantities of books and private weapons to Japan. This allowed the rapid spread of Song culture and deepened the Song Dynasty's influence on Japan.
After arriving at the place, Zhao Jun first wandered around with his wife for a few days, and then went to inspect the Hangzhou Maritime Customs and looked at the trade data between the Song Dynasty and Japan this year.
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